Benefits & Burdens
Human life is a great good, with this type of value and this type of end.
What are absolute value and a supernatural end?
This body promulgated the ERDs.
Who is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops?
ANH stands for this.
What is "artificial nutrition and hydration"?
This is the area of the body where the tube rests in position.
What is the trachea?
Renal dialysis does the job of the organ pair.
What are the kidneys?
The hope of benefit is understood in these two ways.
What is in both quality and duration?
These are the two numbered ERDs that you must memorize for the upcoming test.
What are ERDs 56 and 57?
This category of tube feeding uses the GI system.
What is enteral feeding?
The placement of a tube in the body is called this.
What is intubation?
Hemodialysis filters this fluid in the body.
What is blood?
This first element in the nature of extraordinary means appraises to what extent there is an obstacle that cannot be overcome.
What is a moral impossibility?
Proportionate means are those that in the judgment of the patient offer a reasonable this and do not entail an excessive burden or impose this on the family or the community.
What are "hope of benefit" and "excessive expense"?
This category of tube feeding uses the vascular system.
What is parenteral feeding?
This risk of mechanical ventilation is when the pressures negatively affect the lungs.
What is barotrauma?
This is a diagnosis when hemodialysis is indicated.
What is acute kidney injury (or chronic kidney failure)?
This is the person who determines whether a given medical means is ordinary or extraordinary.
Who is the patient (or his/her proxy)?
These means are those that in the patient’s judgment do not offer a reasonable hope of benefit or entail an excessive burden, or impose excessive expense on the family or the community.
What are disproportionate means?
This type of tube feeding goes directly into the stomach from a tube extending through the abdomen.
What is PEG feeding?
Fr. Tad uses this phrases to emphasize the importance of judging when MV is a temporary measure to bring the patient from illness to health.
What is a "bridge to healing"?
This is an access point for hemodialysis that is defined as "a surgical connection made under the skin between an artery and a vein".
What is a fistula?
Fr. Nicanor holds that all medical means are ordinary when the patient realizes he/she is in a state of this.
What is mortal sin?
ERD 27 states that informed consent requires the patient to know the benefits, burdens, and these when judging any medical means.
What are alternatives?
These are the three conditions when tube feeding is not morally obligatory.
What are: 1. if it has no reasonable hope of benefit; 2. if it causes excessive burdens that cannot be reasonably managed; 3. if death is imminent and would be caused be the underlying disease or disorder?
This is an alternative to MV when the patient needs oxygen, though its effectiveness is circumstantial.
What are CPAP, BiPAP, hemet ventilators?
This is an alternative to hemodialysis that can be done at home.
What is peritoneal dialysis?